#deep space 9 headcanon

[shittystartrekheadcanons]

Math rock is incredibly popular among Vulcans

[snippit-crickit]

lizard-cardassians saga continues ZIYAAAL

im angy at how the writers handled her, i wish she hung out with the ds9 teens more and did teen/adolescent stuff ⁽ᵃˡˢᵒ ʷʰᵃᵗ ʷᵃˢ ʷᶦᵗʰ ᵗʰᵉ ᶻᶦʸᵃˡ/ᵍᵃʳᵃᵏ ʷʰᵃᵗ. ᶦ ᵐᵉᵃⁿ ᶦ ᶜᵃⁿ ˢᵉᵉ ʰᵉʳ ʰᵃᵛᶦⁿᵍ ᵃⁿ ᵃᵈᵒˡᵉˢᶜᵉⁿᵗ ᶜʳᵘˢʰ ᵒⁿ ʰᶦᵐ ᵇᵘᵗ ᵃᵇˢᵒˡᵘᵗᵉˡʸ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵇᵉᶦⁿᵍ ʳᵉᶜᶦᵖʳᵒᶜᵃᵗᵉᵈ ᶦⁿ ᵃⁿʸ ʷᵃʸ⁾ also my headcanons about tailed cardassians

they could also use it for fighting

+ quick color key of garaks shop, id love for it to have more colors

[squidthesquidd]

at the beginning of the day Odo is normal person size, around 5'10" or something, but he unconsciously stretches out so by the end of the day hes like seven feet. he will not notice this unless someone points it out.

[ds9jack]

Why does it seem that so many people think Julian Bashir is cis on here? Your cisgender king canonically has a womb and a deadname

[dustykneed]

oh... my hwife (wife who is also a husband) save me... save me my hwife......

things i can (ostensibly) draw without references:

correctly labelled heart diagram

the starship enterprise

dr julian bashir (i did not know i knew how to draw him but apparently the adhd game is just too strong <333)

btw slowly getting to my asks everypony i am SO sorry for taking so long but also for some reason my brain has determined that i Must draw something regardless of the content of said ask (and it must be said that yall make me feel a good many things <33333 ilyallssssm). also sooo many tests upcoming rip. KTHXBAAIIIII

[t-saan]

Terok Nor gothic

Since the original post seemed to have made a few people happy, here is part 2.

• There are voles in the acces tunnels. You get rid of them. Sometimes, you hear things moving in the walls. There are voles in the acces tunnels.

• There is a major Bajoran holiday coming up. Every time you ask someone what is it about, you get a different answer. Most of them are contradictory. Eventually, the day comes. Kai Winn is fistfighting Commander Sisko on the Promenade. People are cheering.Major Kira says that it is the will of the Prophets. Gul Dukat is also there for some reason.

• There is one replimat on the Promenade which always gives you a serving of yamok sauce with your order. It is not programmed to do it. In fact, all the replimats operate on the same system and only this one does it. You slowly begin to like yamok sauce.

• The Cardassian anthem is blasting through the intercom system. Everyone is on the thin edge between a complete mental collapse and hunting Chief O'Brian and the entire engineering crew down with a laser torch for their inability to fix it. The Cardassian tailor denies hearing anything at all, but he is humming along the entire time. Someone calls Gul Dukat. The moment he beams onto the station, the noise is gone. He leaves, complaining about Federation pranks. The second he is gone, the music is back.

• The security systems are running amok. Commander Sisko calls Gul Dukat. Bajorans are demanding some long lost artifact back from Terok Nor, but nobody knows where it is. Commander Sisko calls Gul Dukat. Commander Sisko struggles with his love life. He calls-

• You are stationed on Deep Space 9. Your mailing adress is Terok Nor. Terok Nor doesn’t exist any more. Your mail is always delivered on time. You are stationed on Terok Nor.

• The water in the shower has two default settings - hot and hotter. You manage to turn it down, eventually. The concerned voice of Gul Dukat begins lecturing you on the risk of space pneumonia from the intercom. There is a cup of hot tea and a blanket in the replicator. Trurly, the State cares for you.

• You cut your arm badly while crawling through an access tunnel. You go to the infirmary to see doctor Bashir. He is not there. You go to look for him in the Cardassian tailor's shop. He is not there either, but in his absence, the tailor offers to stitch you up. You politely refuse. He insists. In the end, you get a new shirt, stitches, and a crash-course in hotwiring shuttlecrafts. Doctor Bashir shows up eventually. He is dressed for tennis.

• There is a saying on Terok Nor, that if you say Gul Dukat's name three times in front of an intercom, he will appear. Everyone, including Dukat, is at loss as to why it happens.

• The one time someone spilled the Chef of Security onto a carpet during a surprise fire drill is not discussed. Ever.

• Most of the station is not in use. It is easy to get lost in the corridors, or the ore processing facilities, or the old interrogation rooms. There are no interrogation rooms on Terok Nor. There have never been any interrogation rooms on Terok Nor.

• Everyone is secretly jealous of the Cardassian uniforms. They are OSHA compliant, fire resistant, have pockets and don’t look like pajamas. You also don't have to entirely take them off just to go to the bathroom.

• You saw a tailor take out twenty armed men with a toothpick and an empty kanar bottle. He was drunk and bickering with Gul Dukat the entire time. Nobody back home believes you.

• Something is curating your literary experiences. Onr day, you leave your PADD with 'Sweet love on Andor' open. When you pick it up a few hours later, it's changed to 'The Never Ending Sacrifice'. In original Cardassian. You read it anyway. It’s been a few years since that would have made a difference.

• One time, you had to go through the wormhole ten times in the span of an hour. When you came back, all socks in your drawer had the seam the other way round. You asked your friend about it. They said all socks always looked like that. You are quite sure you switched universes at sone point that day, but you didn't do anything about it. The new socks are better by far.

[the-data-files]

I’m glad we all agree that Cardassians are way more lizard-like than they were able to show in DS9… That they have tails and sharp teeth and scales all over their bodies, with light sensitive eyes and an aversion to low temperatures. The tails being part of their daily lives (fashion, social interactions, indicator for strong emotions and fighting) etc…

[astercontrol]

If you have ever wished that the Cardassians in Deep Space Nine had reptile tails...

consider this headcanon.

(or perhaps tailcanon).

They live under an aggressively conformist dictatorship.

So... in the same way that overly conformist environments for humans will often enforce short haircuts and shaven faces... most Cardassians are required (by workplace restrictions, federal law, or social pressure) to keep their tails cut.

The tail will grow back if left alone, but rarely does a Cardassian feel safe doing so.

There have been parts of human history when the work of barbers and surgeons overlapped-- partially due to both jobs requiring sharp instruments.

This was even more natural to Cardassians, because the regrowing nature of the tail means the minor surgery of removing it is comparable to a haircut.

However, multi-use instruments also play a role. Tail-surgeons-- already possessing the supplies for cutting and stitching-- would often branch out into any other field that could use that equipment.

Which, for Cardassians, can range from "espionage and violent interrogation techniques" to "garment repairs and alterations."

So. Garak knows whereof he speaks... when he calls himself

"a simple tailor."

[jenlrossman]

Darts as a metaphor for gay sex between Miles O'Brien and Julian Bashir

Yes, I'm serious. Bear with me.

Miles and Julian first play darts in season three, episode 16, "Prophet Margin."

They are playing darts because Julian was getting tired of racquetball—since Miles's wife has been away, they have played 106 games of racquetball. ("Rivals," the episode where we first see them play racquetball, make a strong case for that being a sexual metaphor as well. So basically Keiko is gone and Miles has been… "Playing with Julian" a lot 👀)

There's some good natured mockery/flirting, and Julian ends up throwing off Miles's concentration by mentioning his wife.

In the next episode, season three episode 17, "Visionary," Miles convinces Quark to put a dartboard in his bar. Quark argues that no one has ever come in asking for a dartboard, but Miles assures him people will.

To me, this reads like trying to convince someone that marketing specifically to queer people is important even if no queer people have ever complained about not being marketed to.

Miles and Julian play darts twice during this episode as well, but nothing particularly gay happens (outside of them being gay for each other in general).

Season three, episode 24, "Shakaar," has Miles playing darts with various guys on the station until he ruins his shoulder and needs to have Julian perform surgery to repair it.

Well that's what you get for playing with people who aren't your boyfriend. It's called karma.

In the fourth season premiere, "The Way Of The Warrior," Miles and Julian invite our old buddy Worf to play with them.

He throws a dart, and it goes extremely deep into the board.

The boys look intimidated. And rightfully so. As Jadzia will later (happily) learn, sex with a Klingon is anything but gentle.

(I wish he had thrown two darts, wink wink.)

Keiko returns in "Ascension," season four, episode 17, thereby ending Miles's "year as a bachelor," as Julian calls it.

Miles spends more time with his family, even trying to teach his daughter to play darts (in this context, darts with Molly does not represent sex, it just represents him trying to be a good father and husband and not having sex with his boyfriend). But he is clearly missing Julian; look at the way he longingly gazes at the outfit they wore together:

Julian has also been unsuccessfully playing darts with other people, and he and Miles lament that it just isn’t the same without each other. Eventually, Keiko arranges for them to spend extra time with each other because Miles is so depressed.

Season five, episode 16, "Dr. Bashir, I Presume?" reveals that Julian is augmented and has exceptional strength and hand eye coordination, among other things. This makes Miles realize Julian has been letting him win at darts all this time.

He is understandably upset that his boyfriend has been… uhhh… "faking it" 👀 and makes him play from 3 feet back to level the playing field (Miles metaphorically using marital aids).

He also suggests Julian play blindfolded. 👀

The next, and last, significant time they play darts is in season seven, episode 23, "Extreme Measures."

This is the episode in which Miles and Julian go through a harrowing ordeal which forces them to finally acknowledge that they love their significant others, but they like each other more.

At the end of the episode, the boys are playing darts in the bar. They are drinking. Miles is struggling with his sexuality at the realization of how close he and Julian are.

He says he needs to go home to Keiko. This is the conversation they have, word for word:

"She's a hell of a woman."

"That's why you love her."

"Mmm. That's right. That's why I love her."

There is no eye contact. It is awkward as hell. Is very obviously Not About Keiko, but rather Miles's last ditch attempt to avoid admitting that he would rather be with Julian right now.

So he leaves. Julian is alone, sad.

Then Miles pops back into frame. He has reconsidered. "Do you want to come?"

They leave the bar together, but not before Julian throws one last dart.

It's a bull's-eye. He scores, and, if you believe my metaphor, it won't be the first time he scores that night.

[dusty-cobweb]

julian bashir is a british drill rap legend btw.

he got into it shortly after turning 15 because he wanted to rebel against his parents. and what’s a better way to disappoint your posh english parents then to begin drilll? so julian went to the underground drill battles, watched and analyzed their flow and behavior and replicated it /perfectly/. soon enough, he was the pinnacle of english drill.

flash forward to ds9 and everyone is at quark’s celebrating a successful first contact or whatever and quark busts out the karaoke. dax does her klingon opera, miles does “500 miles”, even sisko joins in. the night goes, the drinks flow and eventually the attention turns to our dear doctor bashir and his musical talents. he tries to refuse at first, but with everyone pressuring him how can he refuse? he gets on the stage and everyone is ready for him to make a fool of himself. and then he starts rapping. what the fuck. dax is going insane, throwing sisko around by the shoulders. miles spits out his drink. kira is awe struck at this new side of the doctor. who would’ve guessed that the CMO is a drill GOD.

[aretheyqueer]

Is he agender?

disclaimer: this is a hc, not speculating on what the writers intentions were.

divider by cafekitsune

reason: His species naturally exists as a pile of goo. Also, he just exudes ambivalence towards his physical form/gender/sexuality.

tag: @data-plays-viola

[shittystartrekheadcanons]

Quark's bar hosts a bi-monthly tattoo night

[hawkp]

Going crazy thinking about the trauma bond Julian, Kira, Quark, Jake, and Ezri share at the end of the series. I would give my right arm to see what their relationships turned out like.

Is Kira sort of an extension of Jake’s dad because of her connection to the prophets? Does she sort of take on a paternal role for him? Dax too? Did Quark have any emotional repercussions from the Siege and does he possibly reach out to Ezri about it? How does Julian handle losing the support of the O’Briens? Are Ezri and Julian able to make it work after going through all that together? Does Kira form a closer relationship with Julian now that almost everyone has gone? Would love anyone’s thoughts on this.

[quarkspeed]

So, basically: Julian accidentally ripping holes into his uniform every other week just so he has an excuse to visit Garak without making it too obvious that he misses him (except it’s very obvious).

[ladyylavenderrr]

You guys think Garak doxxes anyone who leaves a bad review of his shop?

[magpieandpossum]

PLEASE I wanna see more posts, fics, etc. about aro/ace characters. (In all media, but yes, this about Star Trek)

Not only are these characters and their corrosponding dynamics super underrepresented in both canon and fan works, there's so many interesting ways that aro/ace characters can be portrayed? Let's see more asexuals, more aromanics, grey aro/aces, and (for the love of all things good) Queerplatonic Partners!

Also, aro/ace headscanons? Absolutely wonderful, and I'd love to see more.